Implement or device for killing or disabling insects, flies, or the like



ING 0R DISABLING INSECTS APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3. 1917.

N @All ejzM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

ARTHUR W. CASH, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED STATES WIRElVIAT COMPANY, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

rMrLEMENT on DEVICE EOE KILLING oa DISABLI'NG rNsEC'rs7 rLIEs, oa THELIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June *7, 1921.

Application filed December 3, 1917.V Serial No. 205,086.

1o all 'whom t may cof/cern Be it known that I, ARTHUR IV. CASH, acitizenofl the United States, a resident of Decatur', in the county ofMacon and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Implements or Devices for Killing or Disabling Insects, Flies, or thelike, of which the following is a specification.

|This invention relates to improvements in implements or devices forkilling or disabling insects or the like, by striking, and the principalobject of this invention is the provision of such a device which issimple in construction, attractive in appearance and capable ofwithstanding extended use.

Another object of this invention is the provision of such a device, thebody portion of which is constructed so as to have maximum iiexibilityand strength, and in which the handle securely connected to the bodyportion so as to strengthen the same and-to reduce the possibility ofbreakage or separation between the handle and the body portion of thedevice.

Further objects include the provision of such a device which is simplein construction and cheaply manufactured, and which will give extendeduse and service.

`To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear, my invention consists in the'combination,construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and thensought to be defined in the appended claims, refer* ence being had tothe accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, which shows merely forthe purpose of illustrative disclosure, a preferred embodiment of myinvention', it being understood that various changes may be made inpractice within the scope of the claims without digressing from myinventive idea.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 represents an elevational view of one side of one form ofdevice constructed according to this invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a slightly different form of deviceAconstructed to embody this invention; y

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the manner of securing the handle to thebody of the device, taken on the other `side of the body of the deviceshown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. t is an enlarged detail sectional View through the edge binding andthe 4additional binding and strengthening strip.

YReferring now to the drawing, and first to Figs. 1, 3 and 4, thenumeral 1 designates the body portion of the device. This is preferablycomposed of a woven wire fabric or flexible netting, rectangular inshape and having its side and top edges provided with a` binding 2 ofsuitable material, such as felt or the like, for the purpose ofincreasing the attractiveness of the device and preventing damage orinjury to the surfaces against which the device is struck.`

The body portion may be provided with the medial reinforcements 3, ifdesired. The lower corner portions of the body of the device are foldedalong lines 4 converging to a point, ,as shown, and slightly overlappingso as to provide a portion of threeply thickness. It is to be noted thatthe bound edge portionsI 5 converge toward each other and intersect,forming oblique reinforcements or braces.

The handle 6 is of a single piece of wire looped as at 7 to provide thegrasping portion twisted as at 8 and having the straight portion 9extending to the twisted part 10, which extends to the point at thelower end of the body.. The free end portions 11 of the wire areextended obliquely along the line 4 on which the lower' corner portionsof the bodyA are folded and within this folded part to a point near theedge of the body, at which point 12 these free end portions are bent soas to extend substantially parallel to the bound edges. These. free endsterminate near the middle of the body and affordstrong braces andreinforcements for the body along the lines 4l on which the lower cornerportions are folded and along the lines 5 of the bound edges'of thefolded portions.

In order to hold the parts securely together, and to retain and hold thefolded portions of the body closely thereto, I use the plurality ofrivets or staples 13 which are inserted through the binding adjacent thebend in the same, and which are also inserted through the bindingadjacent the intersection of the folded portions thereof. These lastmentioned rivets or staples are also positioned adjacent and close tothe ends of the wire memberforming the handle, and therefore, not onlyhold the folded portions of the body closely to the body,

but also coperate to hold the free end portions securely in place withinthe folded portions of the body.

As an additional-securing means, I stitch the bound edges of the foldedportions through the body and also provide on the other side, theadditional strip of binding 14 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4L which preventsthe stitching from being torn or ripped out in the use of the device.The twisted portions of the handle are for the purpose of giving itstiffness and rigidity, while the straight portions give the handle aslight resiliency so that it may act quickly and elliciently.

A slightly different form of my invention is shown in Fig. 2, whereinthe body member 15 is substantially the same form as shown in Fig. 1,but does not have bound edges or the medial reinforcements. Instead, theside edge portions are folded over uponthemselves a plurality of timesas at 16, and thereby provide the side reinforcements. Due to the factthat the lower corner portions of the body are folded, these folded sideedge portions extend obli uely across the lower portion of the body othe device and intersect each other, forming oblique reinforcements orbraces 17. handle is of the same construction, the only difference beingin the length. Y The handle shown in Fig. 2 is of standard length, whilethat shown in Fig. 1 is extra long so as to enable the user to reach agreater distance.

In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the plurality of the rivets orclamps 18 are utilized, extending through the folded portions of thenetting and arranged substantially as arranged in the construction shownin Fig. 1, so that they operate not only to hold the folded portions ofthe body down against the body, but also hold the handle tightly andsecurely within the body.

That I claim is:

1. A device ofthe character described, including in combination a bodyportion, and a handle, said body portion being composed of liexiblenetting of substantially rectangular shape, having its side and topedges bound with a soft, flexible material and having its lower cornerportions folded along lines converging to a point and slightlyoverlapping, said handle member being in Ther the form of a lopped wireto provide the gripping portion and having its end portions free andpositioned between the body portion and the folded corner portions, theend portions of the handle extending along lines on which the lowercorner portions are folded and then bent and extended to substz'rntialiythe intermediate part of the body portion, and securing means forconnecting the upper edges of the folded corner portions to the bodyportion so as to hold'these edges against the body portion and to holdthev free end portions ofthe handle inem ber therein, said securingmeans passing through the binding and the body portion and a strip offlexible material positioned on the side of the body opposite thebinding in which the ends of the securing means are clenched.

2. A device of the character described, including in combination,l abody portion and a handle, said body portion being composed of flexiblenetting of substantially Vrectangular siape, having its side and topedges bound with a soft, liexible material and having its lower cornerportions folded along lines converging to `a point and slightlyoverlapping, said handle member being in the form of a looped wire toprovide the gripping' portion and having its end portions free andpositioned between the body portion and the folded corner portions, thecnd portions of the handle extending along lines on which the lowercorner portions are folded and then bent and extended to sub stantiallythe intermediate part of the Vbody poi-tiem and securing means forconnecting the upper edges of the folded corner portions to the bodyportion so as to hold these edges against the body portion and to holdthe it'rceend portions-of the handle member therein, said securing meanspassing through the binding and the body portion and a strip of flexiblematerial positioned on the side of the body opposite the binding inwhich theends of the securing means are clenched, said'binding andadditional strip being also connected by stitching through the meshes ofthe body portion. Y

In witness whereof,I have hereunto affixed my hand this 27th yday ofNovember, 1917.

ARTHUR W, CASH.

